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to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal etc) / to request
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How to pronounce 请

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= qi initial

Qi is for the Queen of Hearts.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ (e)ng3 final

In the engine’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

请 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
yán = y + an2
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]
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qīng = qi + (e)ng1
abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province
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qīng = qi + (e)ng1
green / blue / black / youth / young (of people)
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Characters with 请 as component

请 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 请

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to invite / invitation / CL:個|个[ge4]
to apply for sth / application form (CL:份[fen4])
to apply for sth / application (form etc) / CL:份[fen4]

Sentences with 请

xiān
qǐng
kàn

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qǐng

to ask / to invite / please (do sth) / to treat (to a meal etc) / to request

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